Review by Booklist Review
This volume in the Far Out Fairy Tales series presents a reworked, sci-fi version of Jack and the Beanstalk. In this story, Jak is a girl with an unruly turquoise mohawk, and her cow is actually a robot, CDW. Jak and her mother are among the humans left behind on a messed-up Earth after those who could afford to leave rode up a space elevator to live in a pristine community far from the planet. Jak takes up a deal from the scrap man to break into the Cloud Kingdom and steal some nano-beans to help her people on the planet and to keep CDW. Once there, however, Jak finds all the people gone and a nasty, many-tentacled monster ready to eat her. The color scheme of the cartoonish, cinematic panels helps cultivate a strong sense of location, with dusty tones on Earth and florescent hues in space. Jak and CDW make a dynamic team in this action-packed tale. Kids who love Rey in Star Wars: The Force Awakens should like Jak, too.--Kan, Kat Copyright 2016 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
Sixth grader Victoria Torres's aspirations and her reality don't usually align. In these volumes, she's cast as Friar Laurence, not Juliet, in Romeo and Juliet (Drama); and she refuses to engage in dirty politics during class elections and might have to accept a lesser office (President). Believable ethical situations and a thoughtful heroine add appeal to otherwise pat middle-school fare. Activities appended. Glos. [Review covers the following Victoria Torres, Unfortunately Average titles: So Much Drama and Vicka for President.] (c) Copyright 2017. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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